God Knows - Heathrow lyrics

[Verse 1] - God Knows Transition plane from Turkey, but you gotta be cold turkey No syrup no glue, no English no clue Just dry skin on a Air bus Took off in Lagos and only Europe can save us Them Yoruba and Igbos, big egos in Heathrow No jacket, never seen snow Not a metaphor for cla** A, just yes yes never no no Just silence in the customs, just prayers in the bathrooms Black cleaners in staff rooms Advices and vices, spices and juju Voodoo what they told you Sprinkle holy water, for your sons and daughters that you left in your country Now patience and pa**port when they ask you on entry When they ask you on entry [Chorus] Black man with no visa Trying to get with Shifra She's just a local girl I met in a Pizza Hut White man with a visa, trying to get with Sika She's just a local girl I met in Kinshasa Black man with no visa Trying to get with Shifra She's just a local girl I met in a Pizza Hut White man with a visa, trying to get with Sika She's just a local girl I met in Kinshasa [Verse 2] - MuRli I'm feeling like taking a chance with her let down my guard and be on her radar But government owns all radars Clandestine, how would I date her? I'm on 20 euros a week and my pocket is weak so no cash in my strategy On top of that I am an artist, opposite of regular salary Profile is on airplane mode Can't connect to her network so Can't compare to her net worth and I'm probably deported by next year plus My vision is bleak My status is peak, no sense in the tongue I speak My daily meal is Gari Missing from her vocabulary I'm living on fish and chips but deep inside I'm craving fetri Honestly, I should have let her go but then I made it here coz I never let go What you know of all the lies that I used to get through? When I see Police I'm Amadou Diallo Haunted by the bodies Sahara swallowed Did I flee Lampedusa to die over you? Did I flee Lampedusa to die over you? (God Knows) Did I flee Lampedusa to die over you? [Chorus] Black man with no visa Trying to get with Shifra She's just a local girl I met in a Pizza Hut White man with a visa, trying to get with Sika She's just a local girl I met in Kinshasa Black man with no visa Trying to get with Shifra She's just a local girl I met in a Pizza Hut White man with a visa, trying to get with Sika She's just a local girl I met in Kinshasa [Bridge] - God Knows It's not all black and white, zebras and pandas Shifra's and Sika's, asylum seekers Sugar daddies in slippers, spooning Nubian grim reapers This is where history finds us, our history binds us No blacks, no dogs, no Irish… [Outro] – MuRli & God Knows Depressed under pressure of making decisions To change my feathers and flock with the others You're taking new measures to block my manoeuvres I shoulda foreseen it with so many siblings That made it on TV for challenging gravity Floating on sea but I'm stricken by poverty Wars and politics, famine and disease Blinding promises I never got to see Stuck in Heathrow, never got to oversea But I could've been under the sea And the family would never hear of me again Predicament of the new slaves Capsizing on your holidays Looking out of place Like Columbus did, but my Santa Maria'd be maculate Coz my Santa Maria got negroes in it Let it sink! END